Behavior of escherichia coli in a heterogeneous gelatin-dextran mixture

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3126-3128

  Boons, K ^a   Mertens, L ^a   Van Derlinden, E ^a   David, C C ^a   Hofkens, J ^a   Van Impe, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSTRUCTURE;

DEXTRAN;

BACTERIOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; GROWTH RATE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CULTURE MEDIUM; DEXTRAN; GELATIN;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

CULTURE MEDIA; DEXTRANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELATIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84876303767     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03782-12     Document Type: Article

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